The ladies masters athletes from the SMTFA competing at the Flash Athletic Meet in Oct at the Bishan Stadium.

1/19/2006

wp so foolish to fight in angmokio

a letter by a harry chia said that low thia khiang is so foolish to waste 5 or 6 candidates in angmokio. he is so foolishly sure that the wp will lose. no doubt i will think that the wp will lose. 99% sure in my view. but can people be so certain that tomorrow the sun will rise?
the judgement is that it is a forgone conclusion. this is like god speaking. knowing the future.
though i don't think wp will win, i still think that it is not a bad idea to contest at angmokio. let's not take things for granted. not to take the voters for granted. in a fair contest, in a fair election, you don't really know the results until the fat lady stands out to sing.
why would people take risk, be entrepreneurs, try the impossible? singaporeans will not?

19 comments:

abao
said...

Actually, except for the money that the WP might lose, they will gain immense experience by competiting at AMK. It will also make the ruling party work harder on delivering its promises which we the people will benefit the most.

I agree, the city of London is only good for the occasional trip to the theatre, a show or the Chinatown to meet friends. The outskirts of London, like where we are is really pretty and peaceful. In spring when the daffodils are out, the beauty of the place is unbelievable. The cherry blossoms when in season is another sight to take your breath away. I love it.

The political reason for WP to deal with AMK can only be this: Attempt to make PM Lee lose face.

Politically speaking, if the new PM can't even secure 76%~88% mandate from his GRC... that much is a disgrace. Especially when compare to SM Goh's previous ratings.

But on a tactical sight, it's pure folly take take such risk, and it shows short-sighted focus which is clearly due to incompetent political elements within the ranks who are influencial. Good for PAP.

But I shan't say WP would surely lose... AMK people ain't the happiest people in Singapore, ie. :D But then, people generally would prefer a one term trial for PM Lee. So this has to be the most premature action... based only on folly and little else.

there are many ways to look at the attempt. each party will have to make their own assessments and place their bets. from the pap points of view, they are very strong, the ground is sweet, they will win everywhere.

the opposition will also make their own calculations and they may perceive that angmokio is ripe for their picking. they may have seen a totally different picture.

the pap will hear all the sweet things from their grassroot leaders and supporters about angmokio. the wp may hear all the bad things from unhappy angmokias and make their own judgement to contest.

the ruling party has the comfort for this for the time being when the opposition barely could push for anything. they could also afford to be absent to attend to more important businesses than parliament, their primary duty.

The happenings in the Ang Mo Kio Town Council are outrageous. I am not going to elaborate as the details are everywhere. The similarities be...

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